The Master Key. An Electrical Fairy Tale

Baum, L. Frank

Published by The Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN, 1901

About this Item

8vo. (15) 1-245pp. Illustrations include color frontispiece with tissue-guard, seven additional full-page color illustrations and a headpiece and tailpiece for each chapter. Two full-page illustrations (pages 128 and 140) are missing. First edition: On the copyright page (Brooklyn ,N.Y.) is entered just that way, with the comma separate from the "n" in Brooklyn and with no space between the comma and the "N" in New York. Olive green cloth binding with colorful paper illustrated attached to front board panel along with gilt lettering and graphics on front board panel and spine. Boards are soiled in general and with scuffs and stains. Edges at head and tail of board spine are split and fraying. Fore-edge corners are rubbed through, scuffs to board panel edges. End-papers are smudged; back inside gutter is cracked and holding but text block is shaken. Gutter at verso to FFEP and half-title page is cracked but holding. The lower 4 1/24" at gutter for pp. 6 and illustration is separated from gutter. Gutter cracked at pp.102-103. A number of finger smudges in the margins. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additional photos available at your request.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1774567665777

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Master Key. An Electrical Fairy Tale
• Publisher: The Bowen-Merrill Company, Indianapolis, IN
• Publication Date: 1901
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: F. Y. Cory
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 8W x 12H x 2D inches 8 inches width by 12 inches height by 2 inches depth
• Weight: 1.8 pounds